This act changes the currency of the province from British pounds to dollars and cents, and defines the worth and exchange rates of the provincial dollar compared to other forms of currency.
This act suspends an act first passed in 1839, and subsequently continued in 1843 and 1858, which placed a bounty of five pounds on wolf pelts in an attempt to control the wolf population.
This is an amendment to an act first passed in 1859, which put measures in place to prevent the over-hunting of wild fowl in an attempt to forestall their extinction, and includes penalties for those who do not follow the laws put forth in this act.
This act adds a sentence of private whipping not exceeding twenty five strokes for aggravated crimes (that is to say, a crime accompanied by circumstances which adds to the guilt or consequences of the crime, but above and beyond the crime itself). Women are excepted from this sentence.
This act allows sheriffs to be appointed for as long as the government sees fit to have them serve in that role, rather than the previously prescribed one year.
This is a continuation of an act first passed in 1861 which authorises the government of Newfoundland to organize its local militia, in conjunction with the British naval and military forces.
This is an amendment to an act first passed in 1855 which established a board of of works to supervise the management publicly-owned buildings and all other publicly-owned property in the province.